This is becoming time consuming...LOL. It seems to me, in my vast ignorance, that for anyone to own a copyright on a sentence, they'd have to show that they were the first to utter it, but what do I know.
I guess no one likes to be the butt of a joke, can't blame you. But geez, we aren't talking important literary works here...
Context plays a part here. The material quoted could not have come from anyone but the people on this board. That couldn't be more obvious, otherwise no one here would have gotten my point in the original post. It was immediately recognizable. Also, it would be easy enough to find that thread on this board, proving that the material originated here.
I would have thought anyone with an ounce of integrity would have the decency to ask people if they could use what they had written. If it's so unimportant, common, and generic, then why not invent your own "conversation?" It would be easy to create a dialog to demonstrate the point he was making. It's called writing.
Whatever... I guess I expected people in the same affiliate "boat" would have more respect for each other. Silly me. |